Court sentences man to 5 years imprisonment for defiling his 2 daughters
A High Court in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday sentenced a 65-year-old man, Imole Akintewe to 5 years imprisonment for defiling his two daughters. Delivering judgment, Justice John Adeyeye, held that having sexual intercourse with one’s daughter is something the society abhors and condemns. “However, considering the age of the defendant and the fact that he […]
Kano court remands man, 32, in prison custody for allegedly raping octogenarian
By Bashir Bello – Kano A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Kano has on Wednesday remanded a 32-year-old man, Mohammed Zulfaralu in a correctional facility for allegedly raping an octogenarian. The Presiding Judge, Chief Magistrate Muhammad Idris, ordered the remand of Zulfaralu till 20th July when the case was adjourned for further mention. Zulfaralu, a […]
Woman raped by herdsmen in Anambra dies in Ebonyi
A middle-aged woman who was allegedly raped to coma in a farmland at Ebenebe in Awka North local government area of Anambra State by suspected herdsmen has reportedly died in her home state of Ebonyi.
Rape: Oyo CP attributes delay in prosecution to slow result from forensic examination
THE Oyo State Police Commissioner, CP Chucks Enwonwu has disclosed that the delay in the prosecution of rape offenses was occasioned by failure of government agencies saddled with a forensic examination to speed up the exercise.
6-year-old girl raped to death in Kaduna mosque
A six-year-old girl has been raped to death in a mosque by yet-to-be identified persons in Kaduna. This came at a time the European Union/United Nations EU-UN Spotlight Initiative raised the alarm over increasing number of various forms of gender-based violence in Cross River and Ebonyi states during the nationwide lockdown.
Porn star pleads not guilty to rape charges in Los Angeles
Adult film star Ron Jeremy on Friday pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles courtroom to charges of raping three women and sexually assaulting a fourth in incidents from 2014 to 2019. The 67-year-old adult film star is among the well-known names in the pornography industry. He has acted in no lesser than 2,000 adults […]
Rape allegation: Between D’banj and rapper Mo’Cheddah
Music superstar, Dapo Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj, has been in the news since last week for the wrong reason.
Voices of rape drowning the voices of COVID-19
Today, the voices of hunger, the voices of insecurity and the voices of COVID-19 have been almost drowned with the voices of rape. At least within the life period of this administration, no demonstration has thrived without being met with brutal force by both the Police and the Army, except that of the cry for help for rape victims. No wonder everyone is demonstrating, calls are made during the protest, which seems to be same, for stiff penalty against the rapist.
Man, 25, defiles 6-year-old girl in Ekiti
…As Court remands teenager for raping 4year old girl By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti A 25-year-old man, Segun Ige, has been remanded at the Correctional Centre by an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl. According to the police prosecutor, Mr Caleb Leramo, the defendant committed the offence on June 13 in […]
Again, Akwa Ibom Police command nab another pastor for rape
Akwa Ibom State Police Command has once again arrested another clergy, one Prophet Nnamso Friday Jocab alias “Major Prophet Honesty Jesus” over alleged rape of a 16-yr-old girl.
Over 40 suspected rapists arrested in Katsina in three months
By Andy Asemota No fewer than 40 suspected rapists have been apprehended in the past three months in Katsina State for assaulting women and children. The Commissioner of Police in Katsina, Sanusi Buba, who paraded the suspects before newsmen Thursday, lamented that one of the sex offenders sodomized three boys aged seven to nine years […]
